Children and young people’s mental health
Information to help your child with mental health issues.
Support for parents, families, children and young people
Online counselling and wellbeing support for children and young people aged 11-25 (external link)
Help for families of children experiencing school attendance problems (external link)
MindEd Hub (external link) MindEd for Families has advice and information and is written by a team of specialists and parents, working together.
Nip in the Bud (external link) Have a number of videos, on a range of conditions and situations impacting on children and young peoples mental health, from anxiety returning to school, to trauma.
HappyMaps (external link)A one stop hub of information on children and young peoples mental health including anxiety and school refusal.
Mental Health Foundation (external link) Content and resources designed to give you more information about mental health and mental health problems, how to look after your mental health and supporting someone else with their mental health, and helping prevent mental ill-health from developing in the first place.
Every Mind Matters (external link) Looking after a child or young person’s mental health.
Care, education and treatment reviews (CETR)
A CETR is a meeting about a child or young person who:
has a learning disability and / or autism
is at risk of being admitted to hospital
is in hospital
A CETR meeting should happen before any decisions are made about whether hospital care is right. This looks at why your child might need to go into hospital and whether extra support can be given at home instead.
This information gives a brief overview of the CETR programme (Care, Education and Treatment Review) which NHS England provides.
A CETR meeting brings together:
the child/young person and their family
people who commission and provide services (e.g. nurses, social workers, commissioners and other health, education and social care professionals)
an independent clinical adviser
an expert adviser who will be someone with lived experience of having a learning disability or autism or a family carer
At the CETR meeting, they seek the views and experience of the family and carers and the young person themselves to make sure that all options have been exhausted when it comes to supporting the young person to remain in their local community.
They also seek to understand how local services are able to support the young person and identify any barriers to accessing that provision. They make suggestions as to any other options or opportunities which could help the young person live and thrive in the community.
A 'Key Lines of Enquiry' form will be completed in this meeting. This helps put together a summary and feedback for the child or young person.
Information, advice or support
Find out more from:
Requests for CETRs are usually made through the professional team but can be requested directly by a person or their family where needed.